Job description

The F&B Design Partnership Specialist – Emirati National is a junior, development-focused role based in Dubai supporting the Director of F&B Design Partnerships within IHG Hotels & Resorts. The position supports the growth of Food & Beverage concept design and partnerships across luxury and lifestyle hotels in the Middle East. The role involves day-to-day project coordination, research, benchmarking, and documentation management across multiple hospitality projects. The specialist supports the organization and maintenance of project documentation and digital filing systems for active and upcoming F&B initiatives, assists in managing project records including design submissions, concept presentations, meeting notes, correspondence, and development timelines, and helps update legacy documentation into structured and reusable formats. The role includes assisting in developing templates for strategy summaries, feasibility overviews, competitor research, site assessments, and design review processes. The specialist conducts research and benchmarking across regional and global restaurant and bar concepts, design trends, service styles, and luxury hospitality experiences, gathers market insights on dining trends and guest preferences, and supports early-stage concept development. Additional responsibilities include building and maintaining a centralized digital library of restaurant and bar concepts categorized by cuisine type, service style, and market positioning, supporting meeting coordination, preparing agendas, summarizing discussions, tracking follow-up actions, and preparing presentation-ready documentation. The role provides exposure to luxury hotel projects, F&B concept design, hospitality partnerships, and stakeholder collaboration with hotel owners, designers, consultants, and internal teams across the Middle East.